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407 Strategy
needed for clinical areas in prescribing MPs are concerned
that there is no national strategy for the clinical areas in which pharmacists
choose to specialise when they become supplementary prescribers. The
issue was highlighted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin when
it was looking at dermatological training for health professionals ...more
407 Pharmacy
redeveloped for enhanced services A Hertfordshire pharmacy
has been redeveloped so that it can offer enhanced services under the
new pharmacy contract. In particular, the local primary care trust wants
the pharmacy to provide dermatology and phlebotomy services ...more
407 Consultation
on five more POM to P switches likely by the end of this year Between now and the end of the year, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is likely to start consulting on five new POM to P switches — where the licence for the medicine is changed from prescription-only category to a pharmacy medicine. This is the view of John Blenkinsopp, an independent consultant to the pharmaceutical industry on these switches
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407 £100m to be ring-fenced for IT and advanced services There are indications that £100m will be ring-fenced by the Government for pharmacists to establish computer systems for baseline connectivity and electronic transmission of prescriptions, and to provide advanced services in England, under the terms of the new community pharmacy contract
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408 No
workplace smoking ban yet, John Reid suggests Proposals for
a ban on smoking in the workplace are unlikely to be included by the
Government in its forthcoming White Paper on public health, comments
from the Secretary of State for Health suggest ...more
408 PSNC
says run down stock of branded medicines Community pharmacists
have been advised to run down stocks of branded medicines in case price
cuts are imposed in the near future ...more
408 Minister
visits Royal Liverpool Hospital Rosie Winterton, health minister,
visited the Royal Liverpool University Hospital earlier this week ...more
408 Hospital
pharmacists may not recognise public health role Hospital
pharmacists in England should recognise the contributions they make to
improving public health, according to Catherine Dewsbury, of the Department
of Health pharmaceutical public health strategy team ...more
408 Scottish
Pharmaceutical General Council appoints chief executive after organisation
review The Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council announced
this week that Paul White is to become its chief executive officer ...more
409 NICE
issues guidance on post-transplant therapy Guidance on the
use of immunosuppressive therapy following kidney transplantation has
been issued this week by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
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409 Medicines
bill rises with publication of NSFs Implementation of national
service frameworks (NSFs) may have a significant effect on the UK medicines
bill, according to the Office of Health Economics ...more
409 UK
and US to share medicines efficacy data Evidence of how well
different medicines work is to be shared internationally between the
National Institute for Clinical Excellence and the Centres for Medicare
and Medicaid Services in the US ...more
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410 No reason
for women to stop using Ortho Evra patch The company at the
centre of a patient safety scare over the contraceptive patch Ortho Evra
said this week that the incidence of reports of adverse events, such
as deep vein thrombosis, associated with the patch were consistent with
those from other hormonal contraceptives ...more
410 Single dose
dexamethasone can help croup A single dose of oral dexamethasone
can offer benefits in mild croup, Canadian researchers have found ...more
410 Rebound increase
in Hib incidence starting to emerge A rebound increase in
the incidence of Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) disease
has been reported in adults ...more
410 Vaccination
protects against influenza deaths in elderly Vaccination does
protect elderly people from dying from influenza, according to data from
a prospective cohort study ...more
411 Industry
wants to give information to patients direct The pharmaceutical
industry wants to target patients direct with more information about
their drugs ...more
411 Investigation
into pharmacogenetics announced by Royal Society Tony Moffat,
chief scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has welcomed a year-long
study into pharmacogenetics launched this week by some of the UK’s
leading scientists. The investigation will be carried out by a working
party set up by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of
science ...more
411 Meeting hears
that pharmacy fits in with LibDem policy Liberal Democrats
believe that community pharmacists can contribute to their policies of
bringing health care closer to people’s homes ...more
411 New DoH health
guides Community pharmacies are to be a distribution channel
for two Department of Health guides to help people aged over 40 years
maximise their health ...more
411 Alcohol and
dementia People who drink no alcohol in middle age and those
who drink frequently, double their risk of mild cognitive impairment
compared with infrequent drinkers, a study has found ...more
412 2003
Schering award presented Development of an online medicines
information service has led to an award for David Erskine, acting director
of South Thames Regional Medicines Information Centre ...more
412 Medication
review training programme to be launched in Scotland A medication
review training programme for community pharmacists in Scotland is to
be launched this autumn ...more
412 Boots cuts
back Boots is to get out of the laser eye surgery, dentistry,
chiropody and laser hair removal businesses because these services are
losing too much money ...more
412 Independent
supplement Copies of a special supplement promoting careers
in pharmacy to be circulated with The Independent will be sent
to pharmacists with the 2 October issue of The Journal ...more
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